I wanted to take acid,
Once,
And just walk around my town
Wearing headphones
But not listening to the music,
Just feeling all those images
Crystalizing in time,
Immortalizing only to be vanquished,
Geese carving out their niches,
Squirrels hunting for bounties
So petty that it would blow your mind,
.
I wanted to hear the howling of wolves
And see the bounce in the step
Of the lady who just got her food stamps,
Her stereo playing a song that’s not quite perfect,
But she’ll pretend like it is,
And so will I,
Hailing a dream from the inner locus of the fight.